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Photo Essay: Milano-Sanremo, start to finish

Photo Essay: 2017 Milano-Sanremo, start to finish

After years of rain and cold weather, the 108th edition of the race started in Milano, on the steps of the Castello Sforzesco, under mild temps and sunny skies. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | www.brakethroughmedia.com

Photo Essay: 2017 Milano-Sanremo, start to finish

The UCI was on hand at the start of La Classicissima going team-to-team with their bike checks for possible mechanical cheating. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

Photo Essay: 2017 Milano-Sanremo, start to finish

After another breakout performance in the recent Strade Bianche, Tom Dumoulin was under close watch by the favorites at La Primavera. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | www.brakethroughmedia.com

Photo Essay: 2017 Milano-Sanremo, start to finish

Photo Essay: 2017 Milano-Sanremo, start to finish

Former world champion Michal Kwiatokowski took the stage for team presentation in front of large crowds, clear skies, and an air of anticipation. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

Photo Essay: 2017 Milano-Sanremo, start to finish

Tom Boonen waved to the crowds from the stage of his final sign-on in Milan for La Primavera. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

Photo Essay: 2017 Milano-Sanremo, start to finish

Julian Alaphilippe made no effort to hide his excitement to start his nascent Milano-Sanremo after only finding out mere days ago that he would be on the Quick-Step Floors roster. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

Photo Essay: 2017 Milano-Sanremo, start to finish

Photo Essay: 2017 Milano-Sanremo, start to finish

The peloton moved through the first 100km, snaking past small towns, big highway exchanges, and patches of rural landscape in the provinces of Pavia and Alessandria. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

Photo Essay: 2017 Milano-Sanremo, start to finish

All together and riding at a relaxed pace, the peloton reached Campo Ligure which served as the race’s first feed zone. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | www.brakethroughmedia.com

Photo Essay: 2017 Milano-Sanremo, start to finish

The breakaway entered the galleria at the summit of Passo del Turchino where the fast decent will land them on the Ligurain coastline for the last 130km into Sanremo. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com